Acer S10 User manual

Manual

for

Acer s10 handheld

COPYRIGHT

Acer s10 handheld Manual

Original issue: October, 2001

Acer and the Acer logo are registered trademarks of Acer Inc. Graffiti, HotSync, and Palm OS are registered trademarks.

HotSync, Palm, and the Palm logo are trademarks of Palm, Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other company’s product names or trademarks

are used herein for identification purpose only and belong to their respective companies.

Changes may be made periodically to the information in this publication without obligation to notify any person of such

revision or changes. Such changes will be incorporated in new editions of this Manual or supplementary documents and

publications.

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DISCLAIMER AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

Acer and its subsidiaries makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the contents

hereof and specifically disclaims the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Acer and its

subsidiaries assume no responsibility for any damage or loss resulting from the use of this Acer s10 handheld Manual.

NOTES

Record the device ID, serial number, purchase date, and place of purchase information in the space provided below. The serial

number and device ID are recorded on the label affixed to your Acer s10 handheld. All correspondence concerning your unit

should

include the serial number, device ID, and purchase information.

Acer s10 handheld

Device ID: _________________________________

Serial Number: ____________________________

Purchase Date: ____________________________

Place of Purchase: _________________________

About this Manual

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About this Manual

Welcome to the Acer s10 handheld Manual. This Manual is designed to help you get

up and running quickly on your new Acer s10. It describes all you need to know about

how to use your Acer s10 as well as the applications and PC-end utilities that come

with it.

This Manual shows you how to:

• Identify all the parts of your Acer s10

• View and enter data

• Use your Acer s10 with your computer

• Use the applications and PC-end utilities that came with your Acer s10

• Personalize your Acer s10 with your own preference settings

After you become familiar with the basic functionality of your Acer s10, you can use

the rest of this Manual as a reference for less common tasks, for maintaining your

handheld and also as a source of information if you have problems operating it.

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First things first

Your guides

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First things first

We would like to thank you for making Acer s10 your choice for your handheld needs.

Your new sleek Acer s10 is packed with user-friendly applications and utilities

designed to make organizing work-related information and synchronizing it with

your personal activities a time-efficient task. We hope you enjoy using your Acer s10

as much as we enjoyed creating it for you.

Your guides

To help you use your Acer s10, we have designed a set of guides:

• First off, the Just for Starters poster helps you get started with setting up

your Acer s10.

• This online Acer s10 handheld Manual introduces you to the many ways

your Acer s10 can help you organize and manage both business and personal

information so as to make your everyday activities a more productive and

satisfying experience. This Manual provides clear and comprehensive

information about your Acer s10, so read it thoroughly.

• The handy Acer s10 handheld Quick guide useful for taking a quick

reference glance on your handheld’s basic functionalities. Keep it in your

desktop or in your backpack for easy access.

•A Graffiti

® pocket reference card to remind you of the standard writing

strokes of this powerful writing software.

For more information about our products, services, and support information, please

visit our web site at http://www.acer.com/

.

Package contents

Your Acer s10 comes packed in a carton box. Carefully unpack the box and remove the

contents. If any of the following items are missing or damaged, contact your dealer

immediately:

• Acer s10 handheld • Just for Starters

• Cover • Acer s10 handheld Quick guide

• Stylus • Graffiti pocket reference

• Cradle • Warranty Agreement

• AC adapter • Accessories Catalogue

• Earphone • Plug adapter (optional)

• Acer s10 handheld Installation CD

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Maintaining your Acer s10

This section provides information on the following:

• Proper care and usage of your Acer s10

• Resetting your Acer s10

Proper care and usage of your Acer s10

Your Acer s10 handheld’s rugged and tough construction is designed to provide you

with years of reliable and trouble-free service. Observing the following general

maintenance procedures will help ensure this:

1 Take care not to scratch the screen of your Acer s10. Keep the screen clean. When

working with your Acer s10, use the supplied stylus or plastic-tipped pens intended for

use with touch-sensitive screens. Never use an actual pen or pencil or other sharp

object on the screen surface.

2 Your Acer s10 is not waterproof and should not be exposed to rain or moisture. Under

extreme conditions, water may enter the circuitry through the front panel buttons. In

general, treat your Acer s10 as you would a pocket calculator or other small electronic

device.

3 Take care not to drop your Acer s10 or subject it to any strong impact. Do not place

your Acer s10 in your back pocket; if you sit on it, you may damage it.

4 Protect your Acer s10 from temperature extremes. For example, do not leave your

Acer s10 on the dashboard of a car on a hot day or on a day when temperatures are

below the freezing point. Also, keep it away from heaters and other sources of heat.

5 Do not use or store your Acer s10 in any location that is extremely dusty, damp or wet.

6 Use a soft, damp cloth to clean your Acer s10. If the surface of the screen becomes

soiled, clean it with a soft cloth moistened with diluted window-cleaning solution.

Resetting your Acer s10

You may have to perform a reset if your Acer s10 no longer responds to the buttons

on the screen.

Performing a soft reset

A soft reset allows your Acer s10 to get a fresh start, similar to rebooting a computer.

All records and entries are retained after a soft reset.

To perform a soft reset, use the reset tip tool that is threaded into the head of your

stylus, or use an unfolded paper clip (or similar object without a sharp tip).

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To perform a soft reset:

1 Turn the head of your stylus counterclockwise to reveal the reset tip tool threaded

into it.

2 Using the reset tip tool, lightly press the reset button inside the hole on the rear panel

of your Acer s10.

Performing a hard reset

A hard reset will erase all records and entries stored in your Acer s10. Never perform a

hard reset unless a soft reset does not correct your problem. When you perform your

next HotSync operation, you can restore any data that you previously synchronized to

your computer. To perform a hard reset, do the following:

1 Hold down the power button on the front panel of your Acer s10.

2 While holding down the power button, use the reset tip tool to gently press and

release the reset button.

3 When the Palm logo appears, release the power button.

4 A message will appear on the Acer s10 screen warning that all data stored on it is

about to be erased, do one of the following:

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• Complete the hard reset by pressing the upper half of the scroll button on

the front panel of your Acer s10. The Digitizer screen will appear.

• Press any other button to perform a soft reset.

NOTE: When you perform a hard reset, the current date and time are retained. Formats,

preferences, and other settings are restored to their factory default settings.

Battery considerations

Please note the following considerations for the battery in your Acer s10.

• Under normal conditions, your Acer s10 battery should remain charged by

placing it in the cradle for just a few minutes each day. You can conserve

battery life by minimizing the use of the backlight feature and changing the

the Auto-off setting that automatically turns off the handheld after a period

of inactivity. For more information on the Auto-off setting, refer to "Setting

the Auto-off interval time" on page 278.

• If the battery becomes low in the course of normal use, an alert appears on

the Acer s10 screen indicating low battery status. If this alert appears,

perform a HotSync operation to back up your data; then leave your handheld

in the cradle to recharge the unit. This will prevent accidental data loss.

• If the battery drains to the point where your Acer s10 does not operate , it

stores your data safely for about a week. In this case, there is enough residual

energy in the battery to store the data, but not enough to turn on your

handheld. If your Acer s10 does not turn on when you press the power

button, you should recharge your unit immediately.

• If your battery drains and you have the unit in an uncharged state for an

extended period of time, you can lose all the data stored in it.

• There are no serviceable parts inside your Acer s10 so do not attempt to open

the unit.

• If you ever dispose of your Acer s10, please dispose it without damaging the

environment. Take your handheld to the nearest environmental recycling

center.

Assigning security options

Your Acer s10 includes a security application that lets you set options to protect

entries from unauthorized users in a variety of ways:

The security application lets you:

• Mask or hide entries you have defined as private.

– The Mask option displays a gray bar over private records.

– The Hide option completely hides private records.

• Assign a password to viewing options to enhance security.

– Assigning a password requires you to enter a password before private

entries can be viewed.

– Not assigning a password lets you view private entries when you Show

Records from the Security dialog box.

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• Lock and turn off your Acer s10 so that a password must be entered before

you can use the device again.

• Hide records that you have defined as private, with or without a password.

– Without a password, private records are hidden until you set the Security

application to display them.

– With a password, you must enter the password to view the private

entries.

For more information on how to set these security features, refer to "Security" on

page 41.

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Contents

About this Manual iii

First things first v

Your guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

Package contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

Maintaining your Acer s10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi

Proper care and usage of your Acer s10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi

Resetting your Acer s10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi

Battery considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

Assigning security options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

1 Getting started 1

System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Acer s10 tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Elements of the Acer s10 interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Command interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Preparing to use your Acer s10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Connecting the cradle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Charging your Acer s10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Palm Desktop software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Installing Palm Desktop software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Using your Acer s10 with another personal information manager. . . . . . .14

Setting up your Acer s10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Synchronizing data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Performing the first HotSync operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Tapping versus clicking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Calibrating your Acer s10 screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Opening applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Using menus and menu commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Using Graffiti to execute commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Displaying online tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Entering data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

2 Entering data in your Acer s10 23

Entering data using Graffiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Writing Graffiti characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

The Graffiti alphabet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

The Graffiti numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

The Graffiti punctuation marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

The Graffiti symbols and extended characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

The Graffiti accented characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

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The Graffiti non-English characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Graffiti navigation strokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Using Graffiti ShortCuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Graffiti tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Using the onscreen keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Using an external keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Importing data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

To import data: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Beaming data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

3 Managing your applications 35

Using the Applications Launcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

To open an application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Switching between applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Categorizing applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Changing the Applications Launcher display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Setting preferences for applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Assigning applications to buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Installing and removing applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

To install add-on applications on your Acer s10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

To remove an add-on application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Removing the Palm Desktop software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Assigning and editing passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Locking your Acer s10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Recovering from a forgotten password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Displaying private records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

4 Working with your basic applications 45

Overview of basic applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Date Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

To Do List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Memo Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Calculator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Common applications tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Creating records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Editing records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Selecting text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Using the Edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Deleting records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Purging records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Categorizing records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Finding records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Finding Address Book records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

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Using the Find option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Using Phone Lookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Adding names to an Expense record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Sorting records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Making records private . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Attaching notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

Choosing fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Getting information on an application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Application-specific tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Using Date Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Scheduling events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Adding Address Book information to an event . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Setting the alarm for an event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

Setting alarm options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

Changing the Date Book view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Date Book menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Using Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Creating an Address Book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Selecting different types of phone numbers and addresses . . . . . . . . .85

Duplicating an entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Editing Address Book entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Changing the Address Book display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Address Book menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Using To Do List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

Creating To Do List items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

Setting To Do List priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

Checking off a To Do List item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92

Changing To Do List items details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Sorting To Do items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

Displaying completed and due items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

To Do List menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Using Memo Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Creating memos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Reviewing memos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Changing the order in which memos appear in the Memo list . . . . . . . 100

Memo Pad menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Using Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Using the Calculator buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Displaying recent calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Calculator menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Using Expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Creating an Expense item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Changing the date of an Expense item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Entering receipt details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Adding attendees’ names to an Expense item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Filling in the expense type automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Changing the Expense List display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

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Changing the currency and symbols display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Customizing currency symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Transferring your data to Microsoft Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Using expense report templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Expense menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

5 Working with your supplementary applications 117

Overview of supplementary applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Clock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

AudioBox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

eBook Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Service Launcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Using Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Clock modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

City Clock mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Big Clock mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Timer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Clock menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Using AudioBox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Using AudioBox functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

AudioBox playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Alarm reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

AudioBox menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Using Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Recorder main screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Audio recording function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Audio playback function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Alarm reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Recorder menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Using eBook Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Working on the Book Manager screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Reading your eBook files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Working in Read Document mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Working with bookmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Using the Jump To function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Working with hyperlinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Attaching a note to an eBook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Working on Note Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

eBook Reader menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Using Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Backup function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Restore function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Deleting a backup file from the Memory Stick . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Viewing backup error log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Backup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

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Using Service Launcher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Using Service Launcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Using the Quick Launcher function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

6 Working with your PC-end utilities 195

Overview of PC-end utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Palm Desktop software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Voice Converter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

eBook Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Using Voice Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Installing Voice Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Voice Converter toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Voice Converter source file list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Voice Converter menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Using eBook Converter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Installing eBook Converter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

eBook Converter toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

eBook Converter source file list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

eBook Converter menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

7 Using expansion features 217

Inserting and removing a Memory Stick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Switching between your Acer s10 internal memory

and a Memory Stick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Copying applications to a Memory Stick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Deleting applications from a Memory Stick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Displaying information for Memory Stick applications . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Card Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Reviewing card information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Renaming a card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Formatting a card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Card Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

8 Using the Attention Manager 223

Insistent alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Using the Reminder command buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Setting the alarm volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Setting alarm sound effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Using the Reminders list screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Subtle alarms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Understanding the blinking alarm indicator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

9 Managing your desktop email 229

Setting up the Mail application on your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Setting up the Mail application and HotSync options . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Synchronizing Mail with your email application . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Viewing, creating, and replying to email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

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Viewing email items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Creating email items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Looking up an address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Adding details to email items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Creating a signature for your email item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Storing and editing email items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Storing and editing unsent email items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Setting mail preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Drafting email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Filing an email item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Deleting email items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Categorizing and sorting email items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Managing your email application with HotSync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Using filters to control downloading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Defining filter strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Mail menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

10 Beaming information 249

Beaming a business card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Beaming a record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Beaming an application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Receiving beamed information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Turning off beaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

11 Exchanging and updating data using HotSync operations 253

Performing a HotSync operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Creating a user profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Performing the first HotSync operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Selecting HotSync setup options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Customizing HotSync application settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

IR HotSync operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Preparing your computer for infrared communication . . . . . . . . . . 258

Configuring HotSync Manager for infrared communication . . . . . . . . 259

Performing an IR HotSync operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Returning to using the cradle for HotSync operations . . . . . . . . . . 260

Performing a HotSync operation via modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Preparing your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Preparing your Acer s10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Selecting conduits for a modem HotSync operation . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Performing a HotSync operation via a modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Performing a HotSync operation via a network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Performing a HotSync operation via a network . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Using File Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

12 Setting preferences for your Acer s10 269

Selecting the Preferences screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Buttons preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

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Connection preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Connection Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Setting modem configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Setting an Infrared to modem connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Date & Time preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Digitizer preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Formats preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Setting default country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Setting time, date, week start, and number display formats . . . . . . . . 277

General preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Setting the Auto-off interval time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Setting your Acer s10 to stay on while in the cradle . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Setting the sounds and volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Setting the LED settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Turning Beam Receive on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Network preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Connecting to your ISP or dial-in service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Customizing service templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Entering DNS numbers and IP addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

Creating a login script. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Using non-ASCII characters in login scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Plug-in applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Troubleshooting TCP/IP connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Network Preferences menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Owner preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Phone preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Communicating with your mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Setting up related Network preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Setting up related Connection Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Setting up Phone preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

ShortCuts preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

13 Frequently Asked Questions 297

Software installation problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Operating problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Tapping and writing problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Application problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

HotSync problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Beaming problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Recharging problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Password problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

Finding version and memory information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

Appendix — Creating a custom Expense Report 307

About mapping tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Customizing existing sample templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

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To customize a sample Expense Report template . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Determining the layout of the Expense Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Analyzing your custom Expense Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Programming the mapping table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Using applications other than Microsoft Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Expense file details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Index 315

1 Getting started

System requirements

1

1 Getting started

With your Acer s10, you’ll be able to successfully manage meetings and appointments,

remember people’s names and personal details, and keep track of all the items on

your To Do List, both at work and at home. You could also use it as a handy audio

recorder, a three-in-one clock and an .mp3 player (talk about versatility!).

This chapter discusses your Acer s10’s basic functions, the physical and soft buttons,

how to use HotSync

®

technology to synchronize (exchange and update) your

handheld and Palm

TM

Desktop software. Once you familiarize yourself with these

topics, you’ll easily be able to do the following:

• Enter all your schedule details in the Date Book and view them by the day,

week, or month, and even set an alarm to remind you of an important event

• Keep all your contact names, addresses, phone numbers, and other details in

the Address Book, so you can find them as soon as you need them

• Add your tasks to the To Do List, prioritize them so you don’t overlook them,

and assign them a due date

• Ensure that you don’t lose any of this important information simply by

synchronizing your data with the Palm

Desktop software on your computer to

create a backup copy

System requirements

To install and operate Palm

Desktop software on Windows, your computer system

must meet the following requirements:

• IBM-compatible Pentium-class computer

• Windows 98, Windows Millennium Edition (Me), or Windows 2000

For Windows 95 or Windows NT, a Serial sync cable is required, sold

separately.

• 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended))

•30 MB available hard disk space

• Monitor displaying VGA resolution or better

• CD-ROM drive

• Mouse

• One available USB or serial port

1 Getting started

Acer s10 tour

2

Acer s10 tour

Front panel

Your Acer s10’s front panel consists of the following:

No. Component Description

1 Power button/

Backlight control/

LED indicator

As a power button, pressing turns your Acer s10 on (if it is

off) and returns to the last screen that was displayed and

off (if it is on).

As a backlight control, activates the backlight to illuminate

the screen in low-light conditions.

2 Stylus holder Secures the stylus in your Acer s10. To use the stylus,

remove it from its holder and hold it the same way you

hold a pen or pencil.

3 LCD screen Displays the applications and data stored in your Acer s10.

It is touch-sensitive and responds to the stylus or your

finger.

4 Graffiti writing area Write letters and numbers in this area using the Graffiti

alphabet.

5 Scroll button Press up or down to display the text and other information

that extends beyond the area of the LCD screen.

6 Internal speaker Outputs sounds from your Acer s10.

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